Toddlers should be taught about racism and singled out for criticism if they
have racist attitudes, a Government-funded advisory group said
yesterday.

It told nursery teachers, playgroup leaders and childminders to record and
report every racist incident involving children as young as three.

These could include saying 'Yuk' about unfamiliar food.

Even babies should not be ignored in the hunt for racism because they can
'recognise different people in their lives', a new guide for nurseries and child
care centres said.

The instructions for staff in charge of pre-school children in day care have
been produced by the National Children's Bureau, which receives Â£12million a
year, mostly through taxpayer-funded organisations.

Even babies should not be ignored in the hunt for racism because they can
'recognise different people in their lives', a new guide for nurseries and child
care centres said.

The instructions for staff in charge of pre-school children in day care have
been produced by the National Children's Bureau, which receives Â£12million a
year, mostly through taxpayer-funded organisations.

The NCB, which describes itself as 'an umbrella body for the children's
sector', has long used its resources to campaign on controversial issues, for
example in favour of a legal ban on smacking by parents.

It also runs the Sex Education Forum, a campaign for more sex education in
schools.

The new 366-page guide, Young Children and Racial Justice, warned that
'racist incidents among children in early years settings-tend to be around
name-calling-casual thoughtless comments, and peer group
relationships'.

It said such incidents could include children using words like 'blackie',
'Pakis', 'those people' or 'they smell'.

How dare they use their ...... noses ?????

Children might also 'react negatively to a culinary tradition other than
their own by saying "yuk".'

Nursery staff are told: 'No racist incident should be ignored. When there is
a clear racist intent, it is necessary to be specific in condemning the
action.'

If children 'reveal negative attitudes the lack of censure may indicate to
the child that there is nothing unacceptable about such attitudes'

'Some people think that if a large number of racist incidents are reported,
this will reflect badly on the institution,' it said. 'In fact, the opposite is
the case.'

The guidance said that anyone who disagrees is racist themselves.

It also suggests cultivating the home languages of new immigrants - despite
Government anxiety to promote the learning of English.

It said: 'English is now viewed as the major language of the world but this
is not because it has any innate linguistic advantages - it is because English
is the language of power in a world dominated by English-speaking peoples.'

CASE STUDY:

Judge Jonathan Finestein ordered the local authority to
review its decision to prosecute

A boy of ten has already been taken to court for calling a mixed race
11-year-old 'Paki' and 'Bin Laden' in a school playground argument.

The pair subsequently made up and became friends again, yet the Crown
Prosecution Service decided to go ahead because the victim's mother made a
complaint.

The ten- year- old eventually appeared at Salford Youth Court in 2006 where
he denied a raciallymotivated offence under the Public Order Act of using
threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause
another person harm or distress.

But District Judge Jonathan Finestein (pictured) ordered the authorities to
review their decision to prosecute.

He said of the defendant: 'I shouldn't think he understands Bin Laden or Al
Qaeda. I'm not condoning what he supposedly said but there must be other ways of
dealing with this apart from criminal prosecution.'

Toddlers should be taught about racism and singled out for criticism if they
have racist attitudes, a Government-funded advisory group said
yesterday.

It told nursery teachers, playgroup leaders and childminders to record and
report every racist incident involving children as young as three.

These could include saying 'Yuk' about unfamiliar food.

Even babies should not be ignored in the hunt for racism because they can
'recognise different people in their lives', a new guide for nurseries and child
care centres said.

The instructions for staff in charge of pre-school children in day care have
been produced by the National Children's Bureau, which receives Â£12million a
year, mostly through taxpayer-funded organisations.

Even babies should not be ignored in the hunt for racism because they can
'recognise different people in their lives', a new guide for nurseries and child
care centres said.

The instructions for staff in charge of pre-school children in day care have
been produced by the National Children's Bureau, which receives Â£12million a
year, mostly through taxpayer-funded organisations.

The NCB, which describes itself as 'an umbrella body for the children's
sector', has long used its resources to campaign on controversial issues, for
example in favour of a legal ban on smacking by parents.

It also runs the Sex Education Forum, a campaign for more sex education in
schools.

The new 366-page guide, Young Children and Racial Justice, warned that
'racist incidents among children in early years settings-tend to be around
name-calling-casual thoughtless comments, and peer group
relationships'.

It said such incidents could include children using words like 'blackie',
'Pakis', 'those people' or 'they smell'.

How dare they use their ...... noses ?????

Children might also 'react negatively to a culinary tradition other than
their own by saying "yuk".'

Nursery staff are told: 'No racist incident should be ignored. When there is
a clear racist intent, it is necessary to be specific in condemning the
action.'

If children 'reveal negative attitudes the lack of censure may indicate to
the child that there is nothing unacceptable about such attitudes'

'Some people think that if a large number of racist incidents are reported,
this will reflect badly on the institution,' it said. 'In fact, the opposite is
the case.'

The guidance said that anyone who disagrees is racist themselves.

It also suggests cultivating the home languages of new immigrants - despite
Government anxiety to promote the learning of English.

It said: 'English is now viewed as the major language of the world but this
is not because it has any innate linguistic advantages - it is because English
is the language of power in a world dominated by English-speaking peoples.'

CASE STUDY:

Judge Jonathan Finestein ordered the local authority to
review its decision to prosecute

A boy of ten has already been taken to court for calling a mixed race
11-year-old 'Paki' and 'Bin Laden' in a school playground argument.

The pair subsequently made up and became friends again, yet the Crown
Prosecution Service decided to go ahead because the victim's mother made a
complaint.

The ten- year- old eventually appeared at Salford Youth Court in 2006 where
he denied a raciallymotivated offence under the Public Order Act of using
threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause
another person harm or distress.

But District Judge Jonathan Finestein (pictured) ordered the authorities to
review their decision to prosecute.

He said of the defendant: 'I shouldn't think he understands Bin Laden or Al
Qaeda. I'm not condoning what he supposedly said but there must be other ways of
dealing with this apart from criminal prosecution.'